I listen occasionally to 60s pop music. And when I listen to it....I kid you not....I analyse the words. By 'analyze' I mean that I put them up against the word of God. Could a Christian say these words? Do these words sound like they are coming directly from the evil one? You would be surprised how often the writers of these lyrics referenced God....and you might be surprised how many songs seemed to be a serenade right out of you know where.
It's been reported often how Paul McCartney once said that the Beach Boys song....God Only Knows....was the best song ever written. Neil Diamond was all the time referencing 'God' or the 'Lord'....and the Byrds big hit Turn Turn Turn is right out of Ecclesiastes. Check this out on your own sometime....listen and look for words referencing God. It was a different world.
The famous long-time disc jockey....Shotgun Tom Kelly....has a book just off the presses.....All I Want To Do Is Play The Hits. I'm reading it because I told him that I would....this in a standard radio....request line....conversation that I had with him. I requested Oh Happy Day....the 1969 hit by the Edwin Hawkins Singers.
Oh happy day (Oh happy day)
Oh happy day (Oh happy day)
When Jesus washed (When Jesus washed)
He washed my sins away
I highly recommend the book if you are interested in what life was like in the 60s. Anyway....all of that....to say this....the title of Shotgun's book was his dream since he was a kid....all he wanted to do was play the hits. And in a way....all I want to do is play the hits.....Spurgeon's sermons....or Martyn Lloyd-Jones or John Pipers sermons....or Pilgrim's Progress programs....or anything that gives glory to our Lord and Savior and Coming King....Jesus Christ!
"So listen up guys and gals....to your Uncle Special Dog....these are two big hits by that Minnesota pied piper....no not Bob Dylan.....John Piper"
Note: My wife pointed out to me that I used the spelling 'analyse' the first time....and 'analyze' the second time. I told her that I am half English and the British spelling is 'analyse'....while the American spelling is 'analyze.' So it's OK.
